April 26
We brainstormed lists for our resumes: Education / Experience / Skills.
We wrote statements about actions we have taken in the school store. We discussed how to revise them according to the info on this chart:
Monday, February 6
We worked on our Gap Year Fair Simulation project.
Students must be ready to present with their plan and their visual(s) on March 6. This means there will be 2 more class sessions to work in class. Any additional work must be done outside of class.
11/30/2013 08:22 am ET | Updated May 24, 2016 Suzy StrutnerAssociate Lifestyle Editor, The Huffington Post
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With the recent news that Malia Obama will take a gap year before her freshman year at Harvard, the world will surely watch with anticipation to learn how she will spend the 365 days between high school and college.
While it’s not common in the U.S., taking a gap year is considered the norm in some countries all over the world, including the United Kingdom and Australia. Many colleges and universities in the U.S. not only accept applicants who choose to take gap years, but also actively encourage enrolled students to study abroad during their college tenures. According to study abroad organization CIEE, Harvard College has seen a 33 percent increase in the number of their incoming students taking gap years.
That might be due, in part, to the school’s acceptance letters. According to U.S. News & World Report, acceptance letters from Harvard even suggest that students might want to take time off before they enroll.
Taking a gap year between high school and college can be tremendously beneficial to one’s personal growth, whether one decides on enrolling in a structured gap year program, spend time volunteering abroad or simply traveling the world. Regardless, taking a gap year means that you’re living life to the fullest. Here are 10 reasons why. 1. You’ll perform better in college.
Students might worry that college admissions officials or professors will look down on them for taking a gap year. This isn’t true: many schools report that gap year students have higher GPAs and are more involved on campus, so their attitudes toward gap years are far from unfavorable. 2. You’ll realize what you love before you start studying.
More often than not, college students commit themselves to one area of study, realize it’s not for them, and then swap to a completely different major… often two or three times. You’ll cut down on coursework, tuition bills and stress if you take time before college to decide how you want to spend your academic experience before you get there. 3. You’ll get to adventure at your prime.
When else are you going to be 18 years old with no job, no mortgage payments, no significant other, no kids, no homework and no worries? Never. The answer is never. 4. You’ll know what’s important in life before most people do.
College is ridiculously fun, but it’s easy to get so caught up that you begin to believe your fraternity or friend group is the absolute center of the universe. As such, any small crisis might seem like the end of the world. However, if you’ve traveled the wider world in all its complexity and glory, you’ll understand there are bigger issues for humanity than a failed date night or lost game of beer pong. 5. You’ll be an expert at adapting to new places.
On a gap year, you’ll be forced to integrate into a new society, a new group of friends, and maybe even new languages or cultural norms. College requires similar adaptation skills, and you’ll be much more ready to handle it if you’ve already shifted societies once before. 6. You’ll have something to talk about.
Skip the same old “where are you from?” and “what’s your major?” chitchat, and nail the “what’d you do this summer?” question with stories from your gap year. You’ll have first-hand opinions to share about people, places and ideas that your peers might have never even heard of. 7. You’ll have a shinier resume.
Oftentimes, a gap year involves staying in one spot and soaking up its culture, part of which means getting a job. No matter where you work — a sandwich stand in India or the embassy in London — you’ll have valuable (international!) experience for your resume and can explain your ability to do business with customers from different cultures. If you travel on the cheap, you might even have some earnings left to use on college tuition. 8. You’ll pick up the pieces you missed in high school.
Slept through every Spanish class? Head to Argentina for your gap year, where you’ll be forced to speak the language every day. Wish you knew more history? Spend time touring government buildings in Europe. A gap year is your time to refine the specific skills you feel like you’re lacking and sharpen them up for college. 9. You’ll have time to think.
Life feels like it’s unfolding fast right now, and in college, things only move faster. Give yourself room to think and breathe and be on long train rides from country to country or in days spent strolling through new towns. You’ll be surprised where your mind wanders when you give it free rein. 10. You’ll make new friends.
How cool would it be to go through life knowing you have a best friend in Italy or a pen pal in New Zealand? Their unique perspectives on life will hugely enrich yours as you compare all the major events that happen in your 20s and beyond. Plus, you’ll have crazy awesome places to visit during college breaks.
Today's Connections Prompt In your Google doc titled 11 NAME CCP Connections, copy and paste this quote
“Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.” -Stephen King
Write a response in which you consider these words in the context of your life and your thoughts about your future.
November 14 Today's Connections Prompt In your Google doc titled 10 NAME CCP Connections, copy and paste this quote
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” -Mark Twain
Write a response in which you consider these words in the context of your life and your thoughts about your future.
November 7
We will Skype with Abby!!
We will have 4 presentations
(Hazel, Martina, Willa, Seth)
and provide feedback.
October 31
We have missed the past two classes, so we will check in about the presentations. Anyone who is ready to present can present. Anyone who still needs time to work on the presentation will get that time.
Today's Connections Prompt In your Google doc titled 10 NAME CCP Connections, copy and paste this quote. “If you hear a voice within you saying, ‘You are not a painter,’ then by all means paint, boy, and that voice will be silenced.”~ Vincent van Gogh Write a response in which you consider these words in the context of your life and your thoughts about your future.
Dates for presentation
Nov. 7
Hazel, Martina, Willa, Seth
Nov. 14
Ale, Fausto, Joshua, Loona, Mayan
Nov. 21
Samuel, Ana B., Henry, Jordan, Mileidy, Moritz, Reed
October 10
You will be with Ms. Erika today because Ms. Amy needs to be in an 8th grade activity.
Please do your Connections Prompt and then work on your project!
Today's Connections Prompt In your Google doc titled 10 NAME CCP Connections, copy and paste these two quotes about organization.
"For every minute spent organizing, an hour is earned." -Benjamin Franklin
"Being organized is being in control."
Write a response in which you consider these words in the context of your life and your thoughts about your future.
September 26 Today's Connections Prompt In your Google doc titled 10 NAME CCP Connections, copy and paste this quote. Write a response in which you consider his words in the context of your life and your thoughts about your future.
Here is the link to information about an organization that offers vacation programs for teens. http://www.experiment.org/
September 19 Today's Connections Prompt In your Google doc titled 10 NAME CCP Connections, copy and paste this quote by Austrian poem Rainer Maria Rilke. Write a response in which you consider his words in the context of your life and your thoughts about your future. “Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke
September 12
Connections Google doc
Each week, you will receive an article to read for homework. On your assigned day, you will be responsible for sharing the homework article with the class. It must be connected to ideas about college and career. It must be school appropriate. It must be from a reliable source. You must share the link with Ms. Amy by the Thursday before your assigned day.
Sept 19 Mayan and Willa Sept 26 Fausto and Martina Oct 3 Henry Oct 10 Reed and Jordan Oct 17 Seth Oct 24 Loona and Hazel Oct 31 Josh Nov 7 Sam Nov 14 Mileidy and Daniel Nov 21 Adrien and Ale Nov 28 Ana B and Moritz
We also got our new project, the 10th grade CCP My Perfect University Project in a Google doc by that name.
Sept 5 : performance!
Aug 29 Content Objective: Students will prepare a skit that tells the plot of Oedipus Rex and short presentations about key terms related to Ancient Greek drama, in order to introduce these topics to the 12th graders on Monday, Sept. 5. Language Objective: Students will engage in a concentric circles activity to speak to each other to refresh their memories about these topics. Students will read my prepared outline for the presentation. Students will speak to form groups for the various presentations. As a group, we will speak to plan the script.
asnodgrass@lapazschool.org
Welcome to 10th grade CCP!!
June 8:
Most common questions that are asked in an interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mHjMNZZvFo
Job interviews: The good and the bad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gww2vrIhjeU
Different types of format for resumes: http://carpinteriarural.com/index.php/essay/3771/
April 26
We brainstormed lists for our resumes: Education / Experience / Skills.
We wrote statements about actions we have taken in the school store. We discussed how to revise them according to the info on this chart:
Monday, February 6
We worked on our Gap Year Fair Simulation project.
Students must be ready to present with their plan and their visual(s) on March 6. This means there will be 2 more class sessions to work in class. Any additional work must be done outside of class.
Monday, January 30
We learned about our new project: a Gap Year Fair Simulation
See
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MzeZsrhi1Q6H1RjMKPVGABSVinVSyInr0vyHQAK7uP0/edit?usp=sharing
10 Reasons You Should Take A Gap Year
11/30/2013 08:22 am ET | Updated May 24, 2016Suzy StrutnerAssociate Lifestyle Editor, The Huffington Post
With the recent news that Malia Obama will take a gap year before her freshman year at Harvard, the world will surely watch with anticipation to learn how she will spend the 365 days between high school and college.
While it’s not common in the U.S., taking a gap year is considered the norm in some countries all over the world, including the United Kingdom and Australia. Many colleges and universities in the U.S. not only accept applicants who choose to take gap years, but also actively encourage enrolled students to study abroad during their college tenures. According to study abroad organization CIEE, Harvard College has seen a 33 percent increase in the number of their incoming students taking gap years.
That might be due, in part, to the school’s acceptance letters. According to U.S. News & World Report, acceptance letters from Harvard even suggest that students might want to take time off before they enroll.
Taking a gap year between high school and college can be tremendously beneficial to one’s personal growth, whether one decides on enrolling in a structured gap year program, spend time volunteering abroad or simply traveling the world. Regardless, taking a gap year means that you’re living life to the fullest. Here are 10 reasons why.
1. You’ll perform better in college.
Students might worry that college admissions officials or professors will look down on them for taking a gap year. This isn’t true: many schools report that gap year students have higher GPAs and are more involved on campus, so their attitudes toward gap years are far from unfavorable.
2. You’ll realize what you love before you start studying.
More often than not, college students commit themselves to one area of study, realize it’s not for them, and then swap to a completely different major… often two or three times. You’ll cut down on coursework, tuition bills and stress if you take time before college to decide how you want to spend your academic experience before you get there.
3. You’ll get to adventure at your prime.
When else are you going to be 18 years old with no job, no mortgage payments, no significant other, no kids, no homework and no worries? Never. The answer is never.
4. You’ll know what’s important in life before most people do.
College is ridiculously fun, but it’s easy to get so caught up that you begin to believe your fraternity or friend group is the absolute center of the universe. As such, any small crisis might seem like the end of the world. However, if you’ve traveled the wider world in all its complexity and glory, you’ll understand there are bigger issues for humanity than a failed date night or lost game of beer pong.
5. You’ll be an expert at adapting to new places.
On a gap year, you’ll be forced to integrate into a new society, a new group of friends, and maybe even new languages or cultural norms. College requires similar adaptation skills, and you’ll be much more ready to handle it if you’ve already shifted societies once before.
6. You’ll have something to talk about.
Skip the same old “where are you from?” and “what’s your major?” chitchat, and nail the “what’d you do this summer?” question with stories from your gap year. You’ll have first-hand opinions to share about people, places and ideas that your peers might have never even heard of.
7. You’ll have a shinier resume.
Oftentimes, a gap year involves staying in one spot and soaking up its culture, part of which means getting a job. No matter where you work — a sandwich stand in India or the embassy in London — you’ll have valuable (international!) experience for your resume and can explain your ability to do business with customers from different cultures. If you travel on the cheap, you might even have some earnings left to use on college tuition.
8. You’ll pick up the pieces you missed in high school.
Slept through every Spanish class? Head to Argentina for your gap year, where you’ll be forced to speak the language every day. Wish you knew more history? Spend time touring government buildings in Europe. A gap year is your time to refine the specific skills you feel like you’re lacking and sharpen them up for college.
9. You’ll have time to think.
Life feels like it’s unfolding fast right now, and in college, things only move faster. Give yourself room to think and breathe and be on long train rides from country to country or in days spent strolling through new towns. You’ll be surprised where your mind wanders when you give it free rein.
10. You’ll make new friends.
How cool would it be to go through life knowing you have a best friend in Italy or a pen pal in New Zealand? Their unique perspectives on life will hugely enrich yours as you compare all the major events that happen in your 20s and beyond. Plus, you’ll have crazy awesome places to visit during college breaks.
Monday, January 23
1. Find a gap year program that interests you at http://www.gap-year.com/ or
https://www.ciee.org/gap-year-abroad/ . Email me a short explanation of why this one interests you.
2. Find a job that interests you at http://www.workaway.info/
Email me a short explanation of why this one interests you.
3. If you didn't take the quiz at http://www.yourfreecareertest.com/ last week, take it now. Read or review the results and write a short reflection. Email me your reflection.
4. Read or review this aticle: https://mmlafleur.com/mdash/should-you-follow-your-passion Write a short reflection.
Email me your reflection.
5. Read or review this aticle: http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2011/09/12/the-ten-happiest-jobs/#50d92bef7f68 Write a short reflection.
Email me your reflection.
Monday, January 9
Stations:
1. Abby
2. Explore these two sites for possible gap year ideas. http://www.gap-year.com/ and http://www.workaway.info/ Discuss with your group.
3. Take the quiz at http://www.yourfreecareertest.com/ Read and reflect on the results with your group.
4. Read this aticle: https://mmlafleur.com/mdash/should-you-follow-your-passion Discuss with your group what stood out to you.
5. Read this aticle: http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2011/09/12/the-ten-happiest-jobs/#50d92bef7f68 Discuss with your group what stood out to you.
Today's Connections Prompt
In your Google doc titled 11 NAME CCP Connections, copy and paste this quote
“Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.” -Stephen King
Write a response in which you consider these words in the context of your life and your thoughts about your future.
November 14
Today's Connections Prompt
In your Google doc titled 10 NAME CCP Connections, copy and paste this quote
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” -Mark Twain
Write a response in which you consider these words in the context of your life and your thoughts about your future.
November 7
We will Skype with Abby!!
We will have 4 presentations
(Hazel, Martina, Willa, Seth)
and provide feedback.
October 31
We have missed the past two classes, so we will check in about the presentations. Anyone who is ready to present can present. Anyone who still needs time to work on the presentation will get that time.
Today's Connections Prompt
In your Google doc titled 10 NAME CCP Connections, copy and paste this quote.
“If you hear a voice within you saying, ‘You are not a painter,’ then by all means paint, boy, and that voice will be silenced.”~ Vincent van Gogh
Write a response in which you consider these words in the context of your life and your thoughts about your future.
Dates for presentation
Nov. 7
Hazel, Martina, Willa, Seth
Nov. 14
Ale, Fausto, Joshua, Loona, Mayan
Nov. 21
Samuel, Ana B., Henry, Jordan, Mileidy, Moritz, Reed
October 10
You will be with Ms. Erika today because Ms. Amy needs to be in an 8th grade activity.
Please do your Connections Prompt and then work on your project!
Today's Connections Prompt
In your Google doc titled 10 NAME CCP Connections, copy and paste these two quotes about organization.
"For every minute spent organizing, an hour is earned." -Benjamin Franklin
"Being organized is being in control."
Write a response in which you consider these words in the context of your life and your thoughts about your future.
http://blogs.wsj.com/experts/2016/10/02/why-every-undergraduate-should-pursue-a-minor/
October 3
http://www.umt.edu/career/CareerCounseling/CareerPlanning/Career-Preparation-Strategies/
Today's Connections Prompt
In your Google doc titled 11 NAME CCP Connections, copy and paste this quote.
“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” -Vincent Van Gogh
Write a response in which you consider his words in the context of your life and your thoughts about your future.
Today we will think about using July-Aug to learn about life on campus!
http://www.fastweb.com/college-search/articles/summer-programs-for-high-school-students
http://www.cushing.org/page/Summer
http://www.aisne.org/summer-programs.html?summer_search=&state=&type=Academic&resday=Residential&gender=
Here is the website with the 5 recruitment videos.
http://standingpartnership.com/blog/entry/five_great_recruitment_videos_from_colleges_and_universities
September 26
Today's Connections Prompt
In your Google doc titled 10 NAME CCP Connections, copy and paste this quote.
Write a response in which you consider his words in the context of your life and your thoughts about your future.
No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now. -Alan Watts
These are the articles you need to read for homework before class on September 26.
http://www.collegeview.com/articles/article/the-gap-year
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_57d83d53e4b0aa4b722ccd7d
We will look at these links in class. http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/slideshows/make-a-college-short-list
http://blog.prepscholar.com/what-college-should-i-go-to-how-to-choose-a-college
Here is the link to information about an organization that offers vacation programs for teens.
http://www.experiment.org/
September 19
Today's Connections Prompt
In your Google doc titled 10 NAME CCP Connections, copy and paste this quote by Austrian poem Rainer Maria Rilke. Write a response in which you consider his words in the context of your life and your thoughts about your future.
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke
September 12
Connections Google doc
Each week, you will receive an article to read for homework. On your assigned day, you will be responsible for sharing the homework article with the class. It must be connected to ideas about college and career. It must be school appropriate. It must be from a reliable source. You must share the link with Ms. Amy by the Thursday before your assigned day.
For next week, please read
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/education/edlife/four-steps-to-choosing-a-career-path.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0
Sept 19 Mayan and Willa
Sept 26 Fausto and Martina
Oct 3 Henry
Oct 10 Reed and Jordan
Oct 17 Seth
Oct 24 Loona and Hazel
Oct 31 Josh
Nov 7 Sam
Nov 14 Mileidy and Daniel
Nov 21 Adrien and Ale
Nov 28 Ana B and Moritz
We also got our new project, the 10th grade CCP My Perfect University Project in a Google doc by that name.
Sept 5 : performance!
Aug 29
Content Objective: Students will prepare a skit that tells the plot of Oedipus Rex and short presentations about key terms related to Ancient Greek drama, in order to introduce these topics to the 12th graders on Monday, Sept. 5.
Language Objective: Students will engage in a concentric circles activity to speak to each other to refresh their memories about these topics. Students will read my prepared outline for the presentation. Students will speak to form groups for the various presentations. As a group, we will speak to plan the script.